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Oʻahu · Neighborhood Board No. 34

Makakilo-Kapolei-Honokai Hale

ZIP code: 96707

The board
Neighborhood Board No. 34 at the Neighborhood Commission Office: members, agendas and minutes for every year on file.
Meets
Fourth Wednesday of the month, 7:00 p.m., Kapolei Hale, Conference Room A & B (from a stored copy of NCO's page for the board, which the Ledger's page reader returned Sept. 19, 2026; the copy carries no date, so confirm the schedule against the month's agenda; NCO's calendar carries each month's agenda and any recess or cancellation notice)
Agendas by email
The city sends this board's agendas and minutes by email. On NCO's form, tick “Neighborhood Board #34 Makakilo-Kapolei Agenda & Minutes”.
City Council districts
1, Andria Tupola; 2, Matt Weyer (the city's district layer, read Sept. 19, 2026; all nine districts)
District 2 is on the ballot Tuesday, November 3, 2026. What the ballot decides.
The Nov. 3 ballot
Every contest a voter here may see, with the candidates
High school districts
Kapolei, Nānākuli
ZIP codes it overlaps
96707, 96792

What's happening here

From the Ledger's last brief for this area, written Sept. 19, 2026; newer items are listed below.

Amazon US Real Estate LLC has asked the city to raise the height limit from 60 to 100 feet on 16.5 acres of its 31.6-acre parcel at 91-400 Malakole Street in Kapolei, zoned for industrial-commercial mixed use. [source]

On city land at 91-683 Wakea Street in Honouliuli, KP52 Developer, LLC seeks affordable-housing exemptions for Kapolei Parkway Lots 2 to 5. [source]

Two subsea telecommunication cable projects need Special Management Area permits for their landings. [source]

On Sept. 21 and 22 the Hawaiian Homes Commission takes up a consultation report on a proposed solid-waste-to-fuel and tire processing plant at Kalaeloa. [source]

The Ledger's brief, written Sept. 19, 2026 from the records linked (its own dated page). Briefs are written by the Ledger in a session from the records linked in each sentence, and dated. They say what is on the record, in plain words; they do not predict outcomes or take sides. The full list for each area follows below the brief.

Honolulu City Council minutes, Infrastructure, Transportation & Technology (Itt)
Honolulu City Council, Infrastructure, Transportation and Technology
Oʻahu planning file, on DPP's map
Oʻahu planning file, on DPP's map
Oʻahu planning file, on DPP's map
Oʻahu planning file, on DPP's map

Followed here: Affordable housing, across the islands

See what is on the record near a particular address · New on the record across Hawaiʻi

Every record the Ledger reads that places an item in this board area by its tax map key or map point, newest and upcoming first, from all sources at once: county agendas and notices, state boards and the Environmental Notice. The sections below break it down by source.

Barbers Point Elementary School Elementary · grades K-5
3001 Boxer Road, Kapolei · 808.673.7400 · school website · Kapolei complex

Hookele Elementary School Elementary · grades K-5
511 Kunehi Street, Kapolei · 808.305.8500 · school website · Kapolei complex

Kapolei Elementary School Elementary · grades K-5
91-1119 Kamaaha Loop, Kapolei · 808.693.7000 · school website · Kapolei complex

Kapolei High School High · grades 9-12
91-5007 Kapolei Parkway, Kapolei · 808.692.8200 · school website · Kapolei complex

Kapolei Middle School Middle · grades 6-8
91-5335 Kapolei Parkway, Kapolei · 808.693.7025 · school website · Kapolei complex

Makakilo Elementary School Elementary · grades K-5
92-675 Anipeahi Street, Kapolei · 808.672.1122 · school website · Kapolei complex

Mauka Lani Elementary School Elementary · grades K-5
92-1300 Panana Street, Kapolei · 808.672.1100 · school website · Kapolei complex

Public schools whose grounds fall in this board area, from the State of Hawaiʻi GIS public schools layer, read Nov. 5, 2026: the department's own names, grades, complexes and contact details. Charter schools are marked. Private schools are not listed. Which school serves a particular address is a separate question, answered by the department's attendance areas: look up an address.

Weather and ocean alerts

NWS Honolulu

Checking the National Weather Service for alerts in effect…

Ocean water advisories on Oʻahu

Checking the Department of Health…

Read live when this page opens: the National Weather Service's alerts for the forecast zones covering Makakilo-Kapolei-Honokai Hale (HIZ006, HIZ010, HIZ011, HIZ034), and the state Department of Health Clean Water Branch's open advisories (brown water, sewage spills, high bacteria) for the island, which the department names by beach or coastline rather than by area. Nothing here is stored or rewritten; each agency's own wording and dates are shown.

State highway lane closures

HDOT roadwork

Checking the Department of Transportation's closure schedule…

Read live from the state Department of Transportation's lane closure map layer when this page opens: approved closures on state highways in and near Makakilo-Kapolei-Honokai Hale (within the area's bounding box, so a closure just outside may appear), from now through the next seven days, in the department's words. County streets are not included. Schedules can change without notice and all work is weather permitting, the department says.

Police reports

By block

309 incidents reported to the Honolulu Police Department in the 90 days to Nov. 4, 2026 (363 in the 90 days before). Most common: theft/larceny (93), assault (47), vandalism (46). Reports by block and by type.

Reports to police as HPD's open data records them, not findings or arrests; no one is named.

What neighbors reported to the city

ZIP 96707: 101 reports. Most common: Streetlight (20), Beach/Park (10), Pothole (9), Trees – Park & Street (7), Feral Chicken Nuisance (6).

ZIP 96792: 45 reports. Most common: Streetlight (6), Other (6), Homeless – Beach/Park (4), Storm Drain Clogged (3), Debris/Litter/Dumping (3).

Honolulu 311 reports from the city's open data, Oct. 6, 2026 to Nov. 4, 2026, counted by ZIP code; ZIP codes do not follow board boundaries, so each line describes the ZIP. Counts only: no address, no description, no report number. Request types are the city's own. Categories the city labels “Homeless” count calls made to the city, not people: they say how often neighbors reported something, not how many people are unhoused, and the state's point-in-time count is the source for that. Reports about crime are not counted here.

On the board's agenda

Every meeting and agenda

No agenda for this board is on file yet. The Neighborhood Commission Office sends each board's agendas by email; the Ledger will carry them here, in the office's words, as they arrive.

Land-use files open in this area

All of Oʻahu
2025-SMA-79Major SMA Permits

2025-SMA-79 AND 2025-SV-1

NOTICE OF APPLICATION AND PUBLIC HEARING: https://honolulu.my.salesforce.com/sfc/p/a5000001ExEA/a/cx000000RJub/5yIgRrVsof.Qu0zSIvde.tJFuOIJ7tkQ5oM_cU2uflA

DPP public-input map · the full notice

2026-SMA-12Major SMA Permits

Oahu Subsea Cable Telecommunication (2026-SMA-12 & 2026-SV-1)

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE: https://www4.honolulu.gov/docushare/dsweb/Get/Document-357957/2026-SMA-12%20(ST)%202026-SV-1%20(ST%20EDITED)%20and%202026-SMA-20%20(SF)%20Notice%20to%20Star%20Advertiser_SF%20and%20CK%20Edits.pdf

DPP public-input map · the full notice

2008/SUP-2Special Use Permits (SUP)

Waimānalo Gulch Sanitary Landfill

At their hearing on August 8, 2024, the State Land Use Commission (LUC) approved the modification to LUC Docket No. SP09-403 (DPP File No. 2008/SUP-2) to extend the deadline for the Department of Environmental Services (ENV) to identify an alternative...

DPP public-input map · the full notice

2007/SUP-6Special Use Permits (SUP)
2025-CUP-23Conditional Use Permit (Major)
2026-ZCH-2Zone Changes and DBAs

2026-ZCH-2

DPP public-input map · the full notice

2026-PIM-2Other
2026-AH-1Other

From the Department of Planning and Permitting's public-input page, read Nov. 5, 2026. A file is placed in this area when DPP's map point falls inside the board's official boundary. The map shows applications open for comment, not every permit. The Ledger has not reviewed the application materials.

Before the City Council

Council agendas
Committee on Infrastructure, Transportation and Technology · RESOLUTION 26-149
Approving the grant of perpetual subsurface easements within portions of the Kahe Point Beach Park, ʻEwa, Hawaiʻi, Tax Map Key No. (1) 9-2-049:001, for underground fiber optic submarine cable purposes in connection with the planned expansion of its telecommunications infrastructure on a parcel of land adjacent to the Hawaiki Cable Landing Station, identified as Tax Map Kay No. (1) 9-2-051:001. (Transmitted by Communication D-411[26])
Committee on Zoning and Planning · RESOLUTION 26-165
Granting a Special Management Area Major Permit to Starfish Infrastructure Inc. and Humuhumu Services, LLC to allow for the cable landing and installation of six new trans-Pacific subsea fiber-optic telecommunication cables via horizontal directional drilling within Barber’s Point Beach Park and the shoreline setback of a shoreline lot zoned P-2 General Preservation District, located at 91-121 ‘ŌIa‘i Street, and identified as Tax Map Key 9-1-026: 027. (Applicants: Starfish Infrastructure Inc. and Humuhumu Services, LLC) (Transmitted by Communication D-477[26]) (Current Deadline: 9/7/26)
Committee on Infrastructure, Transportation and Technology · RESOLUTION 26-226
Approving the grant of Non-Exclusive Subsurface Easements within Portions of Barbers Point Beach Park, Tax Map Key No. (1) 9-1-026:027; and Portions of Ōlaʻi Street, Tax Map Key (1) 9-1-026-Road & 031-Road; Kalaeloa Boulevard, Tax Map Key (1) 9-1-031-Road; Kapolei Parkway, Tax Map Key (1) 9-1-016-Road; Kamokila Boulevard, Tax Map Key (1) 9-1-016-Road; and Farrington Highway, Tax Map Key (1) 9-1-016-Road & 017-Road, Honouliuli, ʻEwa, Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi. (Transmitted by Communication D-623[26])
Committee on Zoning and Planning · RESOLUTION 26-230
Authorizing, pursuant to HRS Section 201H-38, exemptions from certain City application fees, infrastructure, or public works fees and charges, and development standards for the development of the Kapolei Parkway Lots 2-5 affordable rental housing project on an approximately 15.192-acre portion of a 28.054-acre zoning lot owned by the City and County of Honolulu, zoned BMX-3 Community Business Mixed-Use District, located at 91-683 Wakea Street in Kapolei, O‘ahu, and identified as a portion of Tax Map Key 9-1-160: 064. (Applicant: KP52 Developer, LLC) (Transmitted by Communication D-633[26]) (Current Deadline: 11/23/26)

From City Council committee agendas the Ledger has read into items (55 so far), in the council's words. An item appears here only when it prints a tax map key that falls in this board area, or names a department file mapped here.

In the Environmental Notice

Every item
Shoreline certification: application · OA-2192
Shoreline certification: application · OA-2190
Shoreline certification: proposed or rejected · OA-2181

From the State of Hawaiʻi's Environmental Notice (8 issues read), in its words. An item appears here only when it prints a tax map key that falls in this board area.

Before state boards

All state boards

From state board agendas the Ledger has read (4 so far), in the agencies' words. An item appears here only when it prints a tax map key that falls in this board area.

Building permits here

Every board area

The city issued 3,535 permits in this area from Jan. 1, 2020 through July 1, 2025, worth $523,141,860 of work as filed; the median permit was $25,000. Of those, 90 were for a new building, 1,692 carried the solar flag and 19 the accessory dwelling unit flag. Across the whole file: 19,928 permits, $3,271,357,118.

By year
YearPermits
19997
200032
200167
2002142
2003238
2004835
20051,141
2006965
2007475
2008705
20091,003
2010885
2011687
20121,536
20131,867
20141,285
20151,124
20161,154
2017640
2018656
2019949
2020682
2021591
2022488
2023829
2024667
2025278
What the applicants called the use
  • Single Family Dwelling: 1,550
  • SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING: 534
  • SFD: 326
  • RESIDENTIAL: 84
  • (blank): 51
  • APARTMENT: 48

The city's file records the use as each applicant typed it, so the same use appears under several spellings.

Counted from the city's static permit file (2005 to June 30, 2025), placed by the tax map key each permit carries; 2026 permits are in HNL Build and not in any open file. Counts and totals only: the Ledger does not publish a permit's address, applicant or contractor. How the count is made.

Who lives here, by ZIP code

ZIP codePeopleHouseholdsMedian household incomeOwner-occupied homesMedian age
9670748,807 ±2,07615,096 ±471$119,940 ±$4,70910,838 of 15,09636.2
All of Oʻahu1,001,146338,868$106,195202,604 of 338,86839.8

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates by ZIP Code Tabulation Area, read through the Census Reporter API. These are survey estimates; ± is the 90% margin of error. ZIP code areas do not follow board boundaries, so each row describes the ZIP, not the board area. A ZIP is shown when at least a tenth of it lies inside this area.

The island-wide record

Oʻahu has one city government, so most decisions that reach Makakilo-Kapolei-Honokai Hale are made for the whole island. Those records have one home each: City Council and committee agendas and every open land-use file.

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